Ukraine’s ceasefire negotiations have also been employed by Finnish President Alexander Stubb. However, he believes that in Europe the responsibility for the lead is to big countries.
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Ukraine is in a more militarily better position than being understood in public. This is what the President of the Republic evaluates Alexander Stubb In an interview with EPN.
Stubb says the assessment is based on discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyin And with his team. Zelenskyi arrived to visit Finland on Tuesday.
– Today we heard from President Zelensky what it looks like on the eastern front and Kursk. Better than what public sources claim.
However, Stubb does not tell more about what this estimate is based.
– I rely on President Zelensky’s estimate more than the president PutinStubb states.
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Zelenskyi arrived in Finland at about the same time as the US President Donald Trump And Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation.
It also employed Stubb and Zelensky.
– After that, we started to get information about what happened and there was a different shuttle diplomacy. Personally, I was in contact with the Americans and combined them with the Ukrainians, and then they went a little back and forth, Stubb describes.
According to Stubb, the last call of Zelensky’s evening was held at half past two in the morning.
Zelenskyi himself talks today with Trump on the phone, according to Stubb, probably during the afternoon.
Stubb: Europe’s most important thing to go big countries above
Stubb describes Ukraine and US negotiations as fragmented, as the United States has had many different representatives. From Europeans, the leading role of peace promotion has been taken by the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the President of the French Emmanuel Macron.
Stubb says he has discussed a lot of American and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støren with.
– Of course, we are small countries, so our influence is a bit lower.
Stubb suggested that Europe should have its own team, which should be involved in negotiations on the ceasefire and peace. Stubb says he sees that it would have a leadership role in institutions and big countries such as Britain, France and Germany.
– Perhaps the most important thing here is to go so -called big countries ahead.